Gong Cha is a Taiwanese drink shop that's opened up shops all over the world. It's a pretty big milk tea/bubble tea chain in South Korea. When I went I ordered their winter melon and was surprised to just how many flowers were all over my cup. They're definably into spring. It was really good. [...]
Times Square
Times Square in South Korea is a mall located in Seoul. It's a huge shopping center with a ton of global brands as well as Korean, restaurants and even a kids amusement park which we walked by and had probably the largest teddy bear I've ever seen inside, covered with kids. I went to several [...]
Noodle Box
I met a friend for lunch at a mall downtown Seoul and we ate at the Noodle Box. There are a lot of places around the world called the Noodle Box, the one I went to is located in Times Square (a mall in Seoul). It was somewhat cheap Thai food. The workers spoke English [...]
Daiso 다이소
At the moment Daiso (다이소) is one of my favorite places to buy stuff cheap. I don't know if there are any nearby but if I'm downtown and I need something I usually pop in. Daiso was suggested to me at the teacher's welcome party. It's a Japanese store like a dollar store and can [...]
Catfish, marsh snails, and BBQ
Where I live and work is rural. There is a town, but almost everything near by is traditional. There isn't much if anything western unless I want to go to the nearest small city. This means taking off our shoes to enter the restaurant and sitting on the floor around the table. So every time [...]
Biking in Ttukseom Hangang Park 여의도한강공원
It's spring in South Korea. The mountains around me are becoming more lush, the flowers are blooming, it's warming up, and my allergies are once again kicking it into over drive. For cherry blossom season I met up with some girls from nearby and joined them for a ride through Ttukseom park. I thought since [...]
Welcome Teacher’s Party and Getting Lost in the Mountains
My first weekend in South Korea was a bit hectic. The agency I went through was having it's welcome party for all the teachers who had been in the country a lot longer than I had. It wasn't necessary that for me to go, and maybe not even that smart. There isn't a lot of [...]
Hello wifi!
I've had wifi for a bit from a company in Korea that's name is hello backwards. (Olleh!) I'm hoping that I'll get a routine going again, I'm still trying to get in the swing of things so I guess we'll see how it goes. I flew in at the end of March and that was [...]
Thank you Home Sweet Home Chicago
I've lived in Chicago for about 5 years. I moved to the windy city from a small (super small) town and it took me about two weeks to get use to the sounds of the El outside my dorm room and get up the courage to go places on my own. I kept really busy, exploring when I [...]
Allyu
Allyu is a health spa located at 600 West Chicago Avenue. I recently had the opportunity to go and get a tour of the facilities after hearing a lot about it from a friend. I was offered tea, I asked for ginger, and switched my shoes out for sandals. I hung up all my stuff [...]